2019–20 Botola

Botola
Season	2019–20
Top goalscorer	Reda Hajhouj; (10 goals)
Biggest home win	RCA Zemamra 5–0 RS Berkane; (15 January 2020)
Biggest away win	OC Khouribga 0–4 Wydad AC; (12 November 2019); CAY Berrechid 0–4 RC Oued Zem; (29 December 2019)
Highest scoring	Fath US 2–4 AS FAR; (26 October 2019)
Longest winning run	4 matches; DH Jadidi; RS Berkane; AS FAR; Fath US
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; RS Berkane
Longest winless run	18 matches; R Beni Mellal
Longest losing run	7 matches; R Beni Mellal
	← 2018–19

The 2019–20 Botola, is the 63rd season of the Premier League and the 9th under its new format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956.^[1] The season will start on 14 September 2019 and will end on 1 July 2020.^[2]

Wydad Casablanca came into the season as defending champions of the 2018–19 season. Nahdat Zemamra and Raja Beni Mellal entered as the two promoted teams from the 2018–19 Botola 2.

Teams

Stadium and locations

Locations of the 2019–20 Botola teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AS FAR	Rabat	Stade Moulay Abdellah	50,000
Difaâ El Jadidi	El Jadida	Stade El Abdi	10,000
Fath Union Sport	Rabat	Stade de FUS	7,000
Hassania Agadir	Agadir	Stade Adrar	45,480
Ittihad Tanger	Tanger	Grand Stade de Tanger	45,000
Moghreb Tétouan	Tétouan	Saniat Rmel	10,000
Mouloudia Oujda	Oujda	Honneur Stadium	25,000
Nahdat Berkane	Berkane	Stade Municipal	9,000
Nahdat Zemamra	Zemamra	Stade Municipal	5,000
Olympic Safi	Safi	Stade El Massira	10,000
Olympique Khouribga	Khouribga	Complexe OCP	10,000
Raja Beni Mellal	Beni Mellal	Stade d'honneur	10,000
Raja Casablanca	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	45,000
Rapide Oued Zem	Oued Zem	Stade Municipal	3,000
Wydad Athletic Club	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	45,000
Youssoufia Berrechid	Berrechid	Stade Municipal	8,000

	Regions of Morocco	Number of teams	Teams
1	Casablanca-Settat	5	CAY Berrechid, DH Jadidi, Raja CA, RCA Zemamra and Wydad AC
2	Béni Mellal-Khénifra	3	OC Khouribga, R Beni Mellal and RC Oued Zem
3	Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	2	IR Tanger and MA Tétouan
	Oriental		MC Oujda and RS Berkane
	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra		AS FAR and Fath US
6	Marrakech-Safi	1	OC Safi
6	Souss-Massa	1	HUS Agadir

Personnel and kits


Teams	Managers	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Association sportive des FAR	Abderrahim Talib	Joma
Difaâ El Jadidi	Abdelkader Amrani	Bang Sports	innjoo, Radio Mars, TGCC^[3]
FUS Rabat	Mustapha El Khalfi	Uhlsport	Emaar, Novec, LafargeHolcim
Hassania Agadir	René Lobello	Legea	Afriquia, Skoda, Souss-Massa^[4]
IR Tanger	Juan Pedro Benali	Gloria sport	Moroccan Airports Authority, Renault, APM Terminals, Tanger-Med, STG telecom, RCI Finance Maroc
Moghreb Tétouan	El Ghali Drideb	Bang Sports	Halib Tetaouen, Al Omrane, Radio Mars^[5]
Mouloudia Oujda	Abdelhak Benchikha	Bang Sports^[6]
Nahdat Berkane	Tarik Sektioui	Bang Sports	Souiri, Afriquia
Nahdat Zemamra	Saïd Chiba	Bang Sports	Itqan
OC Khouribga	Ahmad Al-Ajlani	Bang Sports	OCP
Olympic Safi	Abdelhadi Sektioui	Jako	Fitco
Raja Beni Mellal	Mohamed Madihi
Raja Casablanca	Jamal Sellami	Legea	Siera, Nor'Dar, Infinix, Hyundai, MarsaMaroc, Atlanta Assurances^[7]
Rapide Oued Zem	Mounir Chebil	Bang Sports	Morih
Wydad Casablanca	Juan Carlos Garrido	Macron	Ingelec, Alitkane, Koutoubia^[8]
Youssoufia Berrechid	Omar Azmani (interim)	Bang Sports	Dalaa

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Additionally, referee kits are made by Adidas.

Managerial changes


Teams	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nahdat Zemamra	Mohamed Borji	End of contract	5 May 2019	Youssef Fertout	5 May 2019
AS FAR	Carlos Alós Ferrer	Contract termination	10 June 2019	Abderrahim Talib	18 June 2019
Mouloudia Oujda	Abdelaziz Kerkache	Contract termination	11 June 2019	Abdelhak Benchikha	12 June 2019
Ittihad Tanger	Abdelouahed Belqassem	Contract termination	26 June 2019	Nabil Neghiz	26 June 2019
Wydad Casablanca	Faouzi Benzarti	Contract termination	4 July 2019	Zoran Manojlovic	16 July 2019
Moghreb Tétouan	Tarik Sektioui	Sacked	23 July 2019	Ángel Viadero	1 August 2019
Olympic Safi	Hicham Dmii	Resigned	29 July 2019	Mohamed Guisser	31 July 2019
Nahdat Berkane	Mounir Jaouani	Sacked	2 September 2019	Tarik Sektioui	19 September 2019
Rapide Oued Zem	Hassan Benabicha	Contract termination	26 October 2019	Mounir Chebil	14 November 2019
Ittihad Tanger	Nabil Neghiz	Contract termination	26 October 2019	Abdelouahed Belqassem (interim)	26 October 2019
Raja Casablanca	Patrice Carteron	Sacked	11 November 2019	Jamal Sellami	11 November 2019
Ittihad Tanger	Abdelouahed Belqassem (interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	19 November 2019	Hicham Dmii	19 November 2019
Hassania Agadir	Miguel Ángel Gamondi	Sacked	20 November 2019	Mohamed Fakhir	20 November 2019
Raja Beni Mellal	Mourad Fellah	Contract termination	26 November 2019	Aziz El Amri	30 November 2019
OC Khouribga	Rachid Taoussi	Resigned	29 November 2019	Ahmad Al-Ajlani	19 December 2019
Nahdat Zemamra	Youssef Fertout	Sacked	16 December 2019	Mohamed Borji (interim)	16 December 2019
Difaâ El Jadidi	Ezzaki Badou	Contract termination	23 December 2019	Abdelkader Amrani	28 December 2019
Youssoufia Berrechid	Said Sediki	Contract termination	31 December 2019	Ferid Chouchane	3 January 2020
Nahdat Zemamra	Mohamed Borji (interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	1 January 2020	Saïd Chiba	1 January 2020
Raja Beni Mellal	Aziz El Amri	Contract termination	10 January 2020	Mohamed Madihi	10 January 2020
Wydad Casablanca	Zoran Manojlovic	Contract termination	13 January 2020	Sébastien Desabre	21 January 2020
Hassania Agadir	Mohamed Fakhir	Sacked	21 January 2020	Mustapha Ouchrif	31 January 2020
FUS Rabat	Walid Regragui	Contract termination	22 January 2020	Mustapha El Khalfi (interim)	22 January 2020
Ittihad Tanger	Hicham Dmii	Contract termination	26 January 2020	Juan Pedro Benali	26 January 2020
Wydad Casablanca	Sébastien Desabre	Contract termination	25 February 2020	Juan Carlos Garrido	25 February 2020
Moghreb Tétouan	Ángel Viadero	Sacked	27 February 2020	El Ghali Drideb	28 February 2020
Olympic Safi	Mohamed Guisser	Contract termination	3 March 2020	Abdelhadi Sektioui	7 March 2020
Hassania Agadir	Mustapha El Khalfi (interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	5 March 2020	René Lobello	5 March 2020
Youssoufia Berrechid	Ferid Chouchane	Resigned	6 March 2020	Omar Azmani (interim)	6 March 2020

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Raja Casablanca (C, Q)	30	17	9	4	43	23	+20	60	Qualification for Champions League
2	Wydad Casablanca (Q)	30	17	8	5	52	28	+24	59	Qualification for Champions League
3	RS Berkane (Q)	30	15	12	3	35	23	+12	57	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	FUS Rabat	30	13	10	7	39	30	+9	49
5	Mouloudia Oujda	30	12	12	6	35	28	+7	48
6	AS FAR	30	12	9	9	45	34	+11	45
7	Moghreb Tétouan	30	10	10	10	30	27	+3	40
8	Hassania Agadir	30	9	9	12	34	38	−4	36^[a]
9	Rapide Oued Zem	30	9	9	12	30	30	0	36^[a]
10	Youssoufia Berrechid	30	10	6	14	33	44	−11	36^[a]
11	Difaâ El Jadidi	30	8	11	11	26	28	−2	35
12	Nahdat Zemamra	30	8	10	12	40	41	−1	34
13	Olympic Safi	30	6	15	9	25	34	−9	33
14	IR Tanger	30	7	11	12	20	36	−16	32
15	Olympique Khouribga (R)	30	6	10	14	24	38	−14	28	Relegation to Botola 2
16	Raja Beni Mellal (R)	30	1	9	20	13	42	−29	12	Relegation to Botola 2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2020. Source: frmf.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head: Hassania Agadir: 8 points, Rapide Oued Zem 5 points, Youssoufia Berrechid 2 points.

Results

Home \ Away	CAYB	DHJ	FAR	FUS	HUSA	IRT	MAT	MCO	OCK	OCS	RBM	RCA	RCAZ	RCOZ	RSB	WAC
CAY Berrechid	—	–	–	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	–	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–4	–	3–2
DH Jadidi	2–1	—	1–1	–	–	1–1	–	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	–	1–1	0–0	0–1
AS FAR	0–1	1–3	—	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	–	–	0–0	1–0	1–0	–	2–0	0–1	–
Fath US	–	2–1	2–4	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	–	–	–	1–1	–	1–1	–
HUS Agadir	–	2–1	2–1	–	—	2–1	1–1	–	1–2	–	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	–
IR Tanger	2–0	0–0	–	2–1	–	—	–	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–4	–	0–0	–	0–2
MA Tétouan	2–0	2–1	2–0	–	–	0–0	—	–	–	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	–
MC Oujda	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	–	–	–	–	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1
OC Khouribga	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	–	2–2	1–4	—	1–1	–	–	1–0	0–0	–	0–4
OC Safi	–	–	1–1	0–0	2–0	–	0–0	2–2	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–3	–	–	1–2
R Beni Mellal	–	–	–	2–2	1–3	–	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	2–2	1–0	–	1–2
Raja CA	2–0	–	–	0–2	2–1	–	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–1	–	–	1–0
RCA Zemamra	3–2	1–2	1–2	–	2–2	1–0	1–2	–	0–1	1–1	–	1–2	—	2–0	5–0	–
RC Oued Zem	–	–	2–2	0–0	–	–	–	0–0	–	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–2
RS Berkane	1–1	1–1	–	0–1	1–1	2–0	–	–	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	–	2–1	—	2–1
Wydad AC	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	–	–	–	1–1	–	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2020. Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 11 August 2020^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Reda Hajhouj	OC Khouribga	10
2	Joseph Guédé Gnadou	AS FAR	9
	Karim El Berkaoui	HUS Agadir
	Abdessamad El Mobarky	RCA Zemamra
5	Hamid Ahaddad	Raja CA	8
5	Ismail Khafi	MC Oujda	8
7	Kazadi Kasengu	Wydad AC	7
	Soufiane Rahimi	Raja CA
	Jean Joseph Kombous	Fath US
	Zakaria Fati	CAY Berrechid

Top assists

As of 12 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Abdelkhalek Ait Ourehbi	CAY Berrechid	5
2	Omar Jerrari	AS FAR	4
	Tony Edjomariegwe	MA Tétouan
	Martín Bengoa	MA Tétouan
	Adam Ennafati	MC Oujda
	Abdessamad El Mobarky	RCA Zemamra
	Abdoulaye Diarra	RC Oued Zem
8	Younes Houassi	CAY Berrechid	3
	Imad Errahouli	AS FAR
	Ayoub Skouma	Fath US
	Karim El Hany	MC Oujda
	Soufiane Rahimi	Raja CA
	Mouhcine Moutouali	Raja CA
	Saad Lamti	RCA Zemamra
	Hicham El Aroui	RC Oued Zem
	Omar Nemsaoui	RS Berkane
	Badie Aouk	Wydad AC

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Ismail Khafi	MC Oujda	OC Khouribga	4–1 (A)	29 November 2019	8
Reda Hajhouj	OC Khouribga	CAY Berrechid	4–1 (H)	21 December 2019	10
Mohamed Aziz	RS Berkane	OC Khouribga	3–1 (H)	2 January 2020	9

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

References

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^ "الموقع الرسمي للدفاع الحسني الجديدي". dhjfoot.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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External links

frmf.ma

[table_hth_HUSA0.35352595586028-9] Head-to-head: Hassania Agadir: 8 points, Rapide Oued Zem 5 points, Youssoufia Berrechid 2 points.

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[4] "HASSANIA UNION SPORT AGADIR - FOOTBALL | SITE OFFICIEL". www.husafootball.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[5] "الرئيسية". الموقع الرسمي لفريق المغرب التطواني (in Arabic). 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[6] "Mouloudia Club d'Oujda – Site Officiel" (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[7] "Raja Club Athletic | Site Officiel". Raja Club Athletic - Site Officiel. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[8] "Wydad Athletic Club". www.wac.ma. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[10] "Moroccan Pro League 2019/2020". goalzz.

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